The role of preoperative embolization for intracranial meningiomas: a review

AH Shah, N Patel, DMS Raper, A Bregy… - Journal of …, 2013 - thejns.org
Object As endovascular techniques have become more advanced, preoperative
embolization has become an increasingly used intervention in the management of …

Strategic and technical considerations for the endovascular embolization of intracranial meningiomas

RF James, DR Kramer, PS Page… - Neurosurgery …, 2016 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Meningiomas comprise approximately 15% to 20% of all intracranial tumors. 1–3 Although
small incidental tumors can be followed, 4, 5 larger, symptomatic tumors are most often …

Appropriate interval between embolization and surgery in patients with meningioma

Y Kai, J Hamada, M Morioka, S Yano… - American Journal …, 2002 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The best time for surgery after embolization of
meningiomas remains unclear. We used the tumor-softening effect of embolization to …

Pre-operative intracranial meningioma embolization

JA Ellis, R D'Amico, MB Sisti, JN Bruce… - Expert review of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Pre-operative embolization is a routinely utilized therapeutic adjunct to the resection of
hypervascular lesions of the head and neck. In particular, pre-operative cerebral …

A microfluidic device for the characterisation of embolisation with polyvinyl alcohol beads through biomimetic bifurcations

D Carugo, L Capretto, S Willis, AL Lewis, D Grey… - Biomedical …, 2012 - Springer
A microfluidic based device has been developed for the characterisation of embolisation
behaviour with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel beads within a microchannel network with …

Clinical evaluation of cellulose porous beads for the therapeutic embolization of meningiomas

Y Kai, JI Hamada, M Morioka, S Yano… - American journal …, 2006 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cellulose porous beads (CPBs) are a new, exceptionally
uniformly sized, nonabsorbable embolic agent. We evaluated their efficacy in the …

Embolization with cellulose porous beads, II: Clinical trial.

J Hamada, Y Kai, S Nagahiro… - American journal …, 1996 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To evaluate the clinical applicability of cellulose porous beads (CPBs) as an
embolic material for permanent vascular occlusion. METHODS Embolization with CPBs was …

The utility of the microcrystalline cellulose sphere as a particulate embolic agent: an experimental study

Y Kai, J Hamada, M Morioka… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although various particulate materials have been
developed as embolization agents, their biocompatibility remains unclear. We used an …

Preoperative cellulose porous beads for therapeutic embolization of meningioma: provocation test and technical considerations

Y Kai, J Hamada, M Morioka, S Yano, H Nakamura… - Neuroradiology, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Cellulose porous beads (CPBs) are exceptionally uniform in size and
nonabsorbable and they provide highly effective tumor devascularization. The risk of cranial …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of doxorubicin elution from embolic beads within a microfluidic network

D Carugo, L Capretto, B Roy, M Carboni… - Journal of controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Anticancer treatment using embolic drug-eluting beads (DEBs) has shown multifarious
advantages compared to systemic chemotherapy. However, there is a growing need for a …